03-20-2010, 12:40 PM
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/03/lawmakers-keeping-free-health-premiums-in-house-budget.html
"But state workers aren't living the life of luxury. The budget calls for a 3 percent cut to state worker salaries for an $80 million savings. But, in contrast to last year's vetoed 2 percent pay cut for workers earning over $45,000, the House budget empowers agency heads to do the cutting and the firing to save the equivalent amount of money. So some people could lose their jobs while others could actually get raises.
The language:in lieu of effecting a 3 percent across the board salary reduction, agency heads are provided additional flexibility to best manage their agency’s staffing needs to ensure the mission and goals of their respective agencies are met. For Fiscal Year 2010-2011, agency heads are authorized to impose layoffs, reclassify employees, terminate employees or impose salary reductions or adjustments for individual or groups of employees while ensuring the agency remains within its salary and benefits appropriation.
The House budget also cuts the health-insurance premiums of about $150 monthly to former state workers."
This is going to get interesting if that 3% pay cut is in there after negotiations with the Senate as DOC cant do flexible changes like that with the Correctional Officers and Probation Officers due to the contract and most of the support staff doesnt make hardly anything so I dont see their pay being cut and I won't even go into the administrators. Hopefully this gets tossed because with so many vacant positions being eliminated the department would have a hard time absorbing any pay cut through other savings let alone 3%. Maybe Gov Crist will veto any pay cut once again also. I hope the Senate doesnt have a pay cut in their budget then this may get tossed.
"But state workers aren't living the life of luxury. The budget calls for a 3 percent cut to state worker salaries for an $80 million savings. But, in contrast to last year's vetoed 2 percent pay cut for workers earning over $45,000, the House budget empowers agency heads to do the cutting and the firing to save the equivalent amount of money. So some people could lose their jobs while others could actually get raises.
The language:in lieu of effecting a 3 percent across the board salary reduction, agency heads are provided additional flexibility to best manage their agency’s staffing needs to ensure the mission and goals of their respective agencies are met. For Fiscal Year 2010-2011, agency heads are authorized to impose layoffs, reclassify employees, terminate employees or impose salary reductions or adjustments for individual or groups of employees while ensuring the agency remains within its salary and benefits appropriation.
The House budget also cuts the health-insurance premiums of about $150 monthly to former state workers."
This is going to get interesting if that 3% pay cut is in there after negotiations with the Senate as DOC cant do flexible changes like that with the Correctional Officers and Probation Officers due to the contract and most of the support staff doesnt make hardly anything so I dont see their pay being cut and I won't even go into the administrators. Hopefully this gets tossed because with so many vacant positions being eliminated the department would have a hard time absorbing any pay cut through other savings let alone 3%. Maybe Gov Crist will veto any pay cut once again also. I hope the Senate doesnt have a pay cut in their budget then this may get tossed.